An evaluation of the completeness of tuberculosis case reporting using hospital billing and laboratory data; Wisconsin, 1995

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 419-423

  Trepka, Mary Jo ^a,b   Beyer, Tanya O ^b   Proctor, Mary E ^b   Davis, Jeffrey P ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Communicable Disease Control; Disease Notification; Hospital Records; Medical Records; Mycobacterium Tuberculosis; Population Surveillance; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0032872175     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(99)00011-3     Document Type: Article

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